balzacq: (Default)
balzacq ([personal profile] balzacq) wrote2002-03-20 07:06 pm

Norwescon: Full suitcases

Okay, so I'm not nearly as clothes-obsessed as [livejournal.com profile] icprncs, but I do love dressing up, and Norwescon is the most intense opportunity I have to do so all year. That said, here's what I'm packing and when I'm wearing it:

Norwescon Packing List

1. BDUs, 2 black tshirts (plain, Bauhaus), black sweater, combat boots
2. poet shirt, velvet floofy shirt, vinyl pants, riding boots
3. kilt, kilt belt, sporran & strap, 2 pair hose & flashes
4. "goth whites" - pants, tux shirt, vest, cravat, stick pin, cuff links
5. gold lamé tux, purple shirt, red tie
6. Khaki shirt & chinos (for character), tweed jacket (if IC formal event), character sheet, item cards
7. regular belt & shoes; 4 pair underwear, 4 pair socks; pajamas; silk bathrobe (packs really small)
8. PDA, phone, camera, wallet, house key in wallet, grooming kit, box of Emergen-C packets, aspirin
9. Garment bag, whichever suitcase will fit the boots


Buy before con:
orange tie, green shoes, toothpaste & shaving gel for grooming kit

Buy at con:
sgian dhu, brass/bronze kilt pin

What to wear:

Thursday eve - whatever I wear to work that day
Friday day - BDUs, combats, tshirt, possibly sweater
Friday evening - goth whites
Saturday day - kilt, combats, & poet shirt or sweater, depending on temp in hotel
Saturday evening (Cam game) - khaki trousers & shirt, combats, and if the IC event is formal or dressy then the tweed jacket. (No, Camsters, I'm not playing Reggie. :-)
Saturday night - vinyl, poofy shirt, riding boots (a repeat of last year, true, but I'll be hanging with Gwen & Zanne, who both plan to be in full vinyl; also, I don't want to risk drinks spilling on the kilt)
Sunday day - gold tux, purple shirt, red or orange necktie, green shoes
Sunday evening (for "magical night" at the Merc) - kilt, combats, poet shirt

Um. Wow. Now watch: I'll forget my toothbrush.

[identity profile] burgunder.livejournal.com 2002-03-20 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
GRiN

As a non con goer, I wanna see LOTS of pictures of said outfits, Mr. L!

[identity profile] balzacq.livejournal.com 2002-03-20 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I just bought a spiffy digital camera on eBay (Olympus D-510), so I'll just have to remember to take a break from taking pictures of beautiful sexy women and have them take a picture or two of me... :-)

[identity profile] oracle2c.livejournal.com 2002-03-20 04:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Kilt?!!! You've got my attention . So I guess I'll check with you on what I should wear as we get closer.

BTW I hope to be at the club Sat when I return. I will look forward to the diversion.

Kilt

[identity profile] balzacq.livejournal.com 2002-03-20 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Yup. I thought I told you about this -- um, at the club, when we were drinking. Oh. Never mind. :-)

It's a vintage Argyll & Sutherland British Army kilt (same tartan as the Black Watch). It's supposed to arrive any day now... I've also acquired a sporran, kilt hose and flashes, so as I said all I need is a sgian dhu (the little sock knife) and a kilt pin.

Plans for this weekend are up in the air. It all depends on how much sewing I get done tonight and tomorrow, and whether I get over this throat cold.

[identity profile] calandria.livejournal.com 2002-03-20 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if nothing elce, I plan on taking my digital camara and taking ictures of all my friends

[identity profile] icprncs.livejournal.com 2002-03-20 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I doubt anyone is as clothes-obsessed as I am, at least anyone going to NWC. I mean, I've only been planning my wardrobe since...well...basically since Orycon ended.

Oh, and by the way, I believe that gold lame on Sunday morning at a con is grounds for justifiable homicide. Just a friendly warning. :P